Combination cigarette package and ash receiver



Sept. 12, 1961 A. M. GiLLESPIE 2,999,584

COMBINATION CIGARETTE PACKAGE AND ASH RECEIVER Filed Oct. 26, 1959 2s-Sheet 1 INVENTOR. HLIOE M. GILLESPIE AYY'JRNEY Sept. 12, 1961 A. M.GlLLESPlE 2,999,584

COMBINATION CIGARETTE PACKAGE AND ASH RECEIVER Filed Oct. 26, 1959 2Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR. F-lLlCE M. GILLESPIE ATTJRNE'Y tilted 2,999,584COMBINATION CIGARETTE PACKAGE AND ASH RECEIVER Alice M. Gillespie, 360E. 234th St., Bronx, NY. Filed Oct. 26, 1959, Ser. No. 848,817 1 Claim.(Cl. 206-41) This invention relates to a combined cigarette package andash tray or receiver.

Smokers find it inconvenient and embarrassing when away from a dwellingor when traveling when smoking to discard the ashes of the cigarette, asgenerally there is no receptacle convenient for the purpose. It istherefore the principal object of the present invention to provide acigarette package with a convenient ash tray or receiver whereby nomatter where the smoker finds himself or herself, an ash tray will behandy for use.

Another object of the invention is to provide a combined cigarettepackage and ash tray that is simple in construction, attractive inappearance and inexpensive to manufacture so that the package and ashtray may be discarded after the cigarettes in the package are smoked.

A further object according to a modification of the invention is toprovide a combined cigarette package and ash tray with means forconcealing the ashes and for extinguishing the cigarettes.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects andadvantages thereof, reference will be had to the following descriptionand acompanying drawings, and to the appended claims in which thevarious novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

' In the accompanying drawings forming a material part of thisdisclosure:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a combined cigarette package and ashtray made in accordance with one form of the invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the ash tray unit per se with the tabsshown in extended condition.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged vertical sectional view taken on the plane of theline 3-3 of FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged vertical sectional view taken on the plane of theline 4-4 of FIG. 2.

FIG. 5 is a view similar to FIG. 3 of a combined cigarette package andash tray embodying a modified form of the invention.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the deformable liner for the ash tray ofFIG. 5, the liner being shown in deformed condition in dot-dash lines.

FIG. 7 is a fragmentary view similar to FIG. 6 showing the linerdeformed and serving as a compartment for cigarette ashes and as anextinguisher for cigarettes.

FIG. 8 is a view similar to FIG. 1 of a combined cigarette package andash tray embodying another modified form of the invention.

FIG. 9 is a top plan view of the ash tray unit removed from thecigarette package and with tabs extended prior to shaping into an ashtray.

FIG. 10 is a part side elevational and part sectional view of thecombined cigarette package and ash tray of FIG. 8.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view of the ash tray unit removed from thecigarette package and shaped into an ash tray.

Referring in detail to the drawings, in FIG. 1 a combined cigarettepackage and ash tray embodying one form of the invention is shown anddesignated generally by the reference numeral 10. The combined cigarettepackage and ash tray comprises a plurality of cigarettes 12 enclosed ina paper or cardboard wrapper 14, rectangular in configuration and crosssection, with square Patented Sept. 12, 1961 rift:

corners and with an openable flap 16 at one end thereof, the top end asshown in FIG. 1. The cigarettes may be extracted by merely opening theflap 16 in the usual manner.

In accordance with the invention, an ash tray unit 18 is provided forreceiving the ashes of the cigarettes while being smoked. The ash trayunit removably fits over one end of the wrapper and comprises a box-likestructure formed of lightweight metal such as aluminum, foil or thelike. The ash tray unit is rectangular in configuration with smooth sidewalls 20, end walls 22 and bottom wall 24 and is open at the top. Theend walls are formed with U-shaped slits. 26 defining tabs 28 which areadapted to be pressed out from the plane of the body of the tray byinserting the finger of the user inside the tray and forcing the taboutwardly to the position shown in P16. 4 in order to serve as fingerpieces or handles for transporting or manipulating the ash tray. Due tothe smooth surfaces of the cigarette wrapper and ash tray, the ash traymay readily he slipped onto either end of the cigarette wrapper 14.

The modified form of combined cigarette package and ash tray 10' shownin FIGS. 5 to 7, inclusive, differs from the form of FIGS. 1 to 4,inclusive, in that a liner member 30 is provided for the ash tray unit18. The liner member 30 is formed of lightweight metal such as aluminumor foil and is channel-shaped and rectangular in plan with a bottom wall32 and upstanding side walls 34 and 36, being open at the ends and top.Side wall 34 is formed with a grooved weakened line 38 extending thelength thereof adjacent its bottom end, and side wall 36 is formed witha similar grooved line 40 disposed above the line 38 of Wall 34. Bothside walls are formed with circular holes 42 midway the ends and heightthereof. The liner member is slightly smaller than the ash tray unit 18so that it snugly fits inside thereof. I

The cigarette wrapper 14' fits snugly inside the liner member 30 therebyspacing the ash tray unit 18 away from the wrapper so that the finger ofthe user can readily be placed on top of the ash tray unit for forcingthe ash tray unit and liner member oif of the wrapper for use. In orderto use the ash tray unit 18 for holding cigarette ashes, the unit isremoved from the wrapper by forcing the unit off of the wrapper, theliner member 30 being removed at the same time and remaining inside theash tray unit. The side wall 3 4 of the liner member may then be bentinwardly along the grooved line 38 across the interior space of theliner member to the horizontally disposed position shown in FIG. 7 andthereby with the bottom wall 32 defining a compartment 46 and therebydisposing the hole 4-2 therein in a horizontal position. Ashes from acigarettemay now be flicked through the hole 42 into compartment 46. Thehole also serves as a cigarette extinguisher by merely insorting thelighted end of the cigarette therein. Until the compartment 46 is filledwith cigarette ash, the cigarette wrapper 14 may be inserted into theash tray unit 18' on top of the bent side wall 34, the removal of theside wall 34 as a liner element leaving more clearance space for thecigarette wrapper 14 so that the ash tray unit 18 may be more readilystripped from the wrapper. When the compartment 46 has been filled withcigarette ash, the side wall 36 may be bent along its grooved line 40over the side wall 34 thereby defining with side wall 34 a compartment48 for cigarette ashes, with its hole 42 in horizontal position forreceiving the ashes and for receiving the lighted end of a cigarette forextinguishing the same. When the side wall 36 is bent, the wrapper maybe inserted into the ash tray unit 18' on top of wall 36 and heldtherein.

Referring now to the form of combined cigarette package and ash trayshown in FIGS. 8 to 11, inclusive, in this form the ash tray unit 18 issecured to the front side of the rectangular paper wrapper 14 The ashtray unit 18 comprises one or more rectangular superimposed sheets 50 oftin foil. The sheets cover the entire area of the front side of thewrapper and are re movable. At each end of the sheets at the centerthereof, a tab52 is provided for handling the sheet and formed ash tray.The tabs are secured together by adhesive 54 and are bent over the endsof the Wrapper and secured thereto by adhesive. Each sheet 50 is alsoprovided with a pair of score lines 56 adjacent each long side edgethereof, and with a pair of intersecting score lines 58 adjacent eachend edge thereof. A diagonal score line 60 is provided extending betweenthe intersecting points of the lines and each corner of the sheet. Thetin foil layers may have advertising indicia on their outer surfaces.

The wrapper 14 contains cigarettes as in the form of FIG. 1, and areextracted by opening the flap 16 in the usual manner.

In use, after the Wrapper 14 is opened, a tin foil sheet 50 is removedin order to form an ash tray by grasping one of the tabs 52 and pullingit off. The sheet is then bent along the score lines 56 to formupstanding flanges or side walls 62. The sheet is then bent along theend score lines 58 to form the end flanges or walls 64, at the same timebending the corners to form the corner extensions 66. The tabs 52 arebent to form handles on the end flanges or walls 64, to facilitatehandling of the ash tray. An ash tray such as the ash tray 68 shown inFIG. 11 is thus produced.

When the ash tray 68 is filled with cigarette ash, it may be discardedand another sheet 50 stripped from the wrapper, shaped and used as anash tray.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiments of myinvention, it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to theprecise constructions herein 4 disclosed and that various changes andmodifications may be made within the scope of the invention as definedin the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by United States Letters Patent 1s: A combined cigarette packageand ash tray, comprising a closed rectangular-shaped paper containerwith ci arettes enclosed therein, a box-like hollow lightweight metalopen-top receptacle removably mounted on one end of the container, and achannel-shaped lined member fitted in said receptacle, said liner memberhaving a flat rectangular bottom wall and'upstanding side walls, saidside walls having grooves therein extending transversely parallel to thebottom wall, the groove in one side wall being spaced further from saidbottom Wall than the groove in the other side Wall, said groovesfacilitating bending portions of, the side Walls parallel to the bottomwall to form two closed compartments one above the other in saidreceptacle, said portions of the side walls having circular holestherein for passing cigarette ashes into the respective compartments,said holes being aligned with each other when said portions of the sideWalls are bent parallel to each other and to the bottom wall in thereceptacle, whereby a lighted cigarette may be passed through the holesto the bottom wall to extinguish the lighted cigarette, there then beinga space defined between the upper bent portion of said one side wall andthe open top of the receptacle defining a tray to support therein thecontainer of cigarettes.

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